Award-Winning Private Reading Tutoring in Redmond, WA

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Private In-Home and Online Reading Tutoring in Redmond, WA

Receive personally tailored Reading lessons from exceptional tutors in a one-on-one setting. We help you connect with in-home and online tutoring that offers flexible scheduling and your choice of locations.

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How can Reading tutoring help you?

As your child begins their formal education, you want them to have the best chance for success. Reading is a fundamental skill, taught as early as pre-kindergarten in some schools, which continues to be built upon in all other areas - not only in school, but throughout an individual's life. Being able to read and discuss what a person has read will translate into personal and professional interactions well into your child's adult years. Reading comprehension is vital to all grade levels, as well. However, some children may not receive the personal attention they need to build this skill. Fortunately, there is help! All of the tutors whom Varsity Tutors can connect you with in Redmond, WA, are skilled in teaching reading.

Our educational directors can help you locate an independent tutor in Redmond who is skilled at teaching the fundamentals of reading to students of all levels. The tutor we match your child with can build skills in specific areas of reading comprehension, whether your child needs help with the basics of reading, such as pronouncing characters in the alphabet, or they have advanced to more complex reading comprehension needs, such as understanding rhythm and rhyme in poetry or story mapping to better understand a section of a standardized test. Regardless of the subject of the standardized test, all Washington state standardized tests require students to be able to read questions and understand how to find the answer. Smarter Balanced specifically tests English proficiency, in addition to math, but reading is also involved on other tests, such as the Measurements of Student Progress (MSP) or the End-of-Course (EOC) Exams, which do not specifically test English or writing skills.

Individualized reading tutoring in Redmond might help your child excel in their courses. Research into the process of learning to read shows that interaction with the material, including discussing the plot, characters, and context of a story, might improve overall reading comprehension for any subject. A tutor will have the skills to try to help your child learn to interact with anything they read so they can better understand the underlying meaning of the work. Even better, a tutor will work around your schedule and your child's schedule, so you know your child could have consistent, dedicated study time with a professional. Tutors are available for sessions from any location, including online.

We can match you with a reading tutor in Redmond, WA, who is passionate about the subject and can instill that passion in your child to create a truly enjoyable learning experience.

Recent Tutoring Session Reviews

★★★★

"1. CVCE matching.
2. Sight words.
3. Told a story verbally. Asked him to answer verbally in complete sentences. I had to cue him.
4. Read a Level 1 book: Charlie goes to the Doctor. He made some inferences. Reading a little choppy but decent.
5. Answered questions in writing about the story. Sounded out some words. I had to tell him to refer to the question to spell words that were given to him.
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★★★★★

"We worked on a new method to improve the student's reading comprehension. We read from the book Island of the Blue Dolphins out loud by alternating every three or four paragraphs until we completed the first chapter. After each set I asked the student some questions to determine her level of comprehension. It was difficult for her at first and then she started to focus differently. We then went back to the study book and worked on reading comprehension, vocabulary, verbal reasoning, and grammar. This was one of the student's best sessions. "

"First, the student and I practiced sight words. We reviewed sight words we already practiced together, then learned "I," "can," and "see." To practice concept of word, I put each sight word onto its own note card then put them into a sentence. He practiced reading the words in order one at a time, pointing to the cards. He practiced reading and identifying the words out of order as well. Then, we read a sight word practice book called "I Can See." We also read "What is it?" for review. Then, we played a sight words matching game for sight word fluency. Finally, we played a letter tiles "game" to begin learning about how to make words with letters. For the first time, the student successfully created the word "it" by reading the sounds "i" and "t" and putting them together in an order that blends to make "it." This is awesome progress!"

★★★★★

"This session focused mainly on reading skills. We practiced reading various fiction and nonfiction texts. With the fiction texts, we read with a focus on using expression, paying attention to word endings and retelling using descriptive details and vocabulary provided in the text. With the nonfiction texts, we focused word endings, noticing why the author included certain nonfiction text features in the book and self-monitoring reading overall. Overall, the student did very well. "

★★★★★

"Most of the session was used to help the student with his homework and preparing for his major tests at school the next day. First, we worked on the latest states, their abbreviations, and their capitals. He'd been studying them and was confident of them when we moved on. Next, we addressed his math definitions. He'd also studied these earlier and did well."

★★★★★

"The student and I reviewed the concepts he is covering in math which include geometry, reasoning and recognizing multiples and digits. He can quickly surmise what each math problem is asking but does not read the directions so can miss some elements of the problem. After we finished going over his math, we worked on reading a chapter book. He read three chapters! He is getting so much more comfortable with his sight words and tackling new words. The student is progressing quite nicely!"

★★★★★

"Today the student and I read three of the books she had from school. She struggled through "A Tree Can Be", and got stuck a few times with "Fred Helps", but sailed through "Out to Lunch" with relative ease. We played "I'm the Teacher", and I tried to sneak in as much spelling chain practice during that game as possible. We did our sight word practice--she had 28 cheetah words (and I made it the strictest time limit for the cheetah words yet!), which we marked so that she could see the progress she's making in Cheetah, Lion, and Turtle this week."

★★★★

"Today the student and I read more children's books. She has been steadily improving on her reading. Next time, we will continue practicing reading and math."

★★★★★

"We started off with reading a 5th grade level passage, and he read it out loud. Then we worked on how to summarize it, first finding the main ideas and because it was nonfiction, we worked on finding facts. I showed him how he can find the information for a main idea by asking who, what, why, etc. We then read a passage from his workbook. He then answered the multiple choice questions as well as the written."

★★★★

"We began reviewing shapes and controlling the writing implement. We discussed letters of varying sizes and used tracings for fine tuning. We reviewed letter identification, simple 3 letter words, and used the story books to identify words. "

★★★★★

"Today was our first session. I spent a few minutes getting to know this student, his interests, his school schedule and preferences, and his feelings about reading. I then spent the rest of the session assessing his reading fluency and comprehension, vocabulary, spelling, and grammar abilities so I can formulate a curriculum for him. We decided to read a novel together rather than passages and rote activities. I am hoping this will spark his interest in reading and increase his fluency and comprehension. I offered him several novel options with summaries and he chose Tom Sawyer. "

★★★★★

"Student 1: We focused entirely on preparing him for upcoming reading comprehension tests.
Student 2: Session was centered around a geography lesson in which we discussed the Mid-Atlantic region."